Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008

Category — Revenues (Silver Tax)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5313
 
Sale 967, Lot 5313, Revenues (Silver Tax)$30.00 Vermilion, Series 1940, Silver Tax (RG55). Brilliant color, natural s.e. at top and right, unobtrusive strike of purple oval cancel, tiny corner crease at bottom right

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $30.00 1940 SILVER TAX ISSUE.

Only nine copies are recorded, six of which are sound. The tiny corner crease on the example offered here is very trivial.

7,000
3,250